Go: The live broadcast queen launched a gorgeous rebellion against the dog

Chapter 181 Women's th Dan
"Zhao Zhao! You did so well today. Mom and Dad are so proud of you!
"I plan to take two days off tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and fly directly to Rongcheng in the morning to cheer you up! I'll book the flight after I finish the call!"

At 7pm on July 22, in Rui Zhao’s room at Yongle Silver Beach Hotel.

On the other end of the phone, Rui Guoquan's voice sounded extremely excited, and it seemed that he couldn't wait to rush to his daughter's side.

Originally, Rui Guoquan wanted to take a leave to accompany his daughter at this Wu Yue Cup.

But on the one hand, my daughter insisted on persuading me, and on the other hand, I had just taken leave at the beginning of the month, so it really didn't seem right to take leave again now.

But today, Rui Zhao defeated Fujisawa Mari in just half an hour. When the official media interviewed him after the match, all kinds of media surrounded the new first-dan player, treating him like a big star. How could Rui Guoquan not be excited?
"no, I'm fine!"

Rui Zhao quickly rejected his father.

"Dad, I have plenty of competitions to attend in the future. After the Wu Yue Cup, I have to go to Zhongyuan Province to participate in the preliminaries of the national team competition!
"How can you come and watch a game if there is one?"

"Uh……"

This time it was Rui Guoquan who remained silent.

Because he has long felt that his daughter is just a pretty face with nothing but beauty, Rui Guoquan is always eager to share his daughter's achievements as soon as possible.

Now that Rui Zhao said this, he realized that he seemed to have to adapt to this "new normal".

"Okay then, Zhaozhao, work hard in Rongcheng, your parents will always support you!
“Don’t feel any pressure in the next round. It doesn’t matter if you make it to the semi-finals or not, just play well!

"Whether you win or lose, dad will take you shopping for clothes and bags when we get back!"

"Yeah! But you don't need to buy clothes or bags..."

Rui Zhao now politely declined the idea of ​​shopping.

After finishing the call with his parents, Rui Zhao looked at Ai Jianan who was operating a small camera and asked softly:
"Then Sister An An, I'm going to train."

"OK, all right!"

Ai Jianan simply answered:

"Well, don't worry, the conversation between you and your uncle and aunt just now will be muted in the vlog."

The girl said nonchalantly:
“It’s okay, it’s nothing serious, you can just put it there.

"When I practice chess later, you can take pictures if you want. I won't be disturbed. Just try not to talk to me."

Ai Jianan pursed her lips, not knowing whether to nod or not.

Regarding the subsequent live broadcast and video materials, she had a brief chat with Rui Zhao before boarding the plane yesterday.

She very carefully raised an idea: in the future, live broadcasts could mainly be about playing chess and talking about chess, but correspondingly, could she be allowed to film some daily life content?

The reason for this is that if you simply broadcast Go live, the content will be too monotonous and it will be difficult to maintain long-term popularity.

But if you want to broadcast other content, this Go player will be unhappy again!
Therefore, Ai Jianan's idea is to update some vlog videos of Rui Zhao's daily life at a higher frequency while broadcasting the Go game live. This can effectively balance the monotony brought by the single content of the program, and he only needs to shoot some videos nearby, which does not take up much of Rui Zhao's time.

But... this may seem to save time, but there is a fatal problem:

It greatly affects private life.

This means that the host's daily life is completely exposed to the public from time to time, which is very difficult for many people to accept.

So when bringing up this matter, Ai Jianan was very careful, fearing that Rui Zhao would feel offended.

However, to Ai Jianan's surprise, Rui Zhao agreed very readily.

Because the answer was too straightforward, Miss Ai was even worried whether this fool had really thought about the impact this matter would have on her, so she quickly added a hint.

But Rui Zhao still didn't hesitate:

"It's nothing, Sister An An! Anyway, I usually just play chess and review games, there's nothing I can't show to others, right?
"If this can attract more people to learn more about Go, I think it would be great!"

After hearing what Rui Zhao said, Ai Jianan decided to give it a try first. If Rui Zhao was not happy, he could stop at any time.

And today is the first day of trying to follow the filming.

Rui Zhao not only did not resist at all, he even took the initiative to suggest that they practice chess and even film their daily calls with their family. He cooperated so well that Ai Jianan felt guilty:

“Well…you don’t have to shoot for too long, I’ll just shoot for fifteen minutes!

"But since it's a rare trip to Rongcheng, after we finish practicing chess, shall we go out and play? Don't be too nervous!"

But Rui Zhao shook his head slightly when he heard this:
“I won’t go…

"Nothing can be as interesting as playing Go!"

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"Wenmei, I feel like this Rui Zhao... isn't just a pretty face!"

At the same time, in Yongle Silver Beach Hotel, in Park Wenmei’s room.

Ice Queen Kim Woo-eun broke her usual habit and came to her teammates' room to have some discussions before tomorrow's game.

She is aloof by nature and usually keeps a considerable distance from her teammates to avoid being delayed in chess practice due to trivial matters.

But from this game that ended the fastest today, the Queen still smelled something wrong:

“Although, Fujisawa’s layout in this game was very problematic, and there were flaws during the battle.

"But I don't think it's that easy to catch Fujisawa so quickly and accurately and defeat him in the first place."

But Park Wenmei didn't care:

"Hey, Youen, you are too cautious!
“It’s obvious that this game of chess was just a mistake by the female anchor!

“I just watched it, and the reason why Fujisawa lost so quickly was because he made his moves too casually.

"I've been participating in competitions for many years. I wouldn't make the same mistake as a rookie like her..."

"You better be careful when you play the next game with her."

Jin Youen, who usually doesn't like to communicate much, still insisted on reminding.

Park Wenmei was a little impatient and said perfunctorily:

“Yes, yes!

"Tomorrow I will compete with her in internal strength. She will lose in the end. Don't worry!"

Park Wenmei is 27 years old this year, half a year older than Kim Woo-eun. They are exactly the same age, so there is no need for her to be too polite when talking to Kim Woo-eun.

Seeing her teammates' attitude, the Ice Queen didn't know what to say.

Firstly, it was because she was naturally aloof, and was not willing to have too much contact with her teammates unless there was something really important.

Next...she and Park Moon-mi will most likely be opponents in the quarterfinals.

At a time like this, it is not appropriate to go into the other party's room and give instructions on their preparations.

"Okay, Wenmei, I'm just reminding you to be careful, I don't mean anything else.

"Since you are ready, I will go back to my room."

After that, Queen Jin did not stay any longer and left her teammates' residence directly. However, after leaving the room, she still felt a little concerned about Fujisawa Mari's defeat today.

Indeed, judging from the chess board alone, Mari Fujisawa's own layout errors were the main reason for her loss.

But if the opponent is just a vase, can he really beat a professional player who just entered this Wu Yue Cup through the qualifiers so easily?

Jin Youen was doubtful for a moment, and decided to check some information about this new first-dan on Chinese websites before going to bed while preparing for the match with Wang Haocheng...

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July 7rd, the second day of the Wu Yue Cup.

That day, Park Wenmei, 9th Dan, got up very early.

Yes, Park Moon-mi is a 9th dan.

Although everyone in the circle knows that Park Moon-mi's overall strength is weaker than the female double and Natsukawa Aoi, she is a ninth dan.

The reason... is actually due to the different promotion rules in different countries.

In Japan, promotion is not determined by win rate, but by the cumulative number of wins - of course there is direct promotion, but the Japanese Chess Institute only recognizes unlimited titles or results in world championships, which is undoubtedly too difficult for women.

Therefore, if women want to get a high rank, they can only accumulate the number of wins. So they need to be strong and patient at the same time. That is why the most prominent figures in Japanese women's Go are only at the seventh rank.

In China, the rules for promotion to higher ranks are almost the same for both men and women: either promotion is based on effective game points, or promotion is based on one championship or two runner-ups in unlimited world tournaments - which is extremely difficult for female players, who are generally weaker in strength.

That is why Wu Jiudan, who is 60 years old and whose strength has declined a lot, is willing to come out from time to time to help the younger generation to score points. Otherwise, it is questionable whether Shuangbi, who is 8th dan, can come on the stage.

But in South Korea, the overall ranking rules are rather loose.

I won't mention the rest, but I'll just talk about the most important factor affecting women's advancement to higher levels:
Each time you win a domestic women's title or championship in South Korea, you can move up one level!

Although it is not easy to be a domestic women's champion, it is a bit of a common thing for top female players.

With such a backdoor, promotion to a higher level is much less painful. As a result, there are currently three female ninth-dan players among the active chess players in South Korea.

But as for strength... well, it's not as strong as the rank reflects.

Not to mention the other two, even whether the Ice Queen herself can be considered a "real ninth dan" is controversial.

If the most stringent Chinese promotion rules were followed, Jin Youen would probably still be at the eighth dan now and would not be able to be promoted to the ninth dan. It can only be said that her hope of being promoted to the ninth dan is much greater than that of the two female players.

The reason is very simple: although Queen Gold has a considerable winning rate against male chess players of the ninth dan level from various countries, it can only be maintained at 40% in the long run, which is not high enough and is not enough to be considered as effective game points.

If she were to follow the direct promotion rules, she would still be one world runner-up title away.

This is also one of the reasons why Queen Jin believes that she is not as good as Mr. Wu - Mr. Wu's 9th dan was achieved by playing against male chess players.

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Park Wenmei, who got up early, wanted to ask Kim Woo-eun to have breakfast together, but she was quite surprised to see a bilingual Chinese and Korean sign hanging outside Kim Woo-eun's room that read "Do Not Disturb: Before 9:30" (the Korean part was a piece of paper she posted herself).

What's going on?
Park Wenmei was a little dumbfounded.

Although her relationship with Kim Woo-eun has not been very close for a long time, she knows that the queen is diligent in her daily life. She never talks about love and has a good control over her daily schedule. She gets up at 6:30 every day without fail.

But today... I'm staying in bed?!
Park Wenmei had a hard time associating the cool and self-disciplined queen with the word "bed-sleeping". But the facts were before her eyes, and she had to admit it.

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At 10:40 am, in the contestants' common room.

Park Wenmei was currently making final adjustments before the game.

Although she does not think that the female anchor who won quickly yesterday will pose any substantial threat to her, since it is a competition, she must prepare well - Park Wenmei still has this attitude.

However, at this moment, a person suddenly came hurriedly and sat directly in front of Park Wenmei.

Park Wenmei took a look and saw that it was Kim Woo-eun with dark circles under his eyes!

"Hey, Youen, what's wrong with your eyes..."

When Park Wenmei saw the Ice Queen coming over, she wanted to ask about the details of this morning, but when she saw Kim Woo-eun's expression, she changed the subject temporarily.

But she was interrupted by Jin Youen mercilessly just halfway through her words:

"Wenmei, listen to me! You really have to play this game of chess seriously today!"

Park Wenmei was stunned: "...Ah?"

"That's what I meant! We have to take it seriously! This girl might be...very strong!"

"……What?"

Seeing that his teammates still didn't seem to react, Jin Youen hurriedly explained:
"I used the translation function of my mobile app last night and looked up a lot of information on some Chinese websites. I found out that this female anchor is not an ordinary Shinshodan at all!"

"What do you mean? But I saw the official player introduction earlier, and she did win an amateur championship, and she was just promoted to professional professional half a month ago!"

"It's useless to just look at official information! There are many things that the official version of the story simply won't describe!"

Jin Youen, who was always aloof, suddenly became anxious:

"Let me ask you, can an ordinary female new first-dan player beat a Chinese male seventh-dan mid-level chess player in a match?!"

"what?!"

Now Park Wen-mei was stunned.

Next, next to win the men's seventh dan?
Didn't this female anchor just get promoted? Why did she meet the male 7th dan in the competition?

However, seeing her teammates had no reaction, Queen Kim thought Park Moon-mi was not ready to take it seriously, so she raised her voice again:

"If you don't think this is a big deal, then you know Lin Ruixin, right?"

As the world's number one chess player before Liu Shixian, Lin Daqi's fame is not limited to China.

"Of course!" Park Wenmei replied quickly.

"Then did you know that right after this girl was promoted to the professional level, she challenged Lin Ruixin to a duel and asked her to give her the first move as a guide?"

"What?! Provoking Lin Ruixin?! Lin Ruixin who just defended the title of Chinese Chess Saint?!"

Park Wenmei's eyes suddenly widened.

"Won't she definitely be slaughtered?!
"Lin Ruixin is such a crazy person, how could he tolerate a female chess player provoking him!"

However, the Ice Queen shook her head slightly with a serious expression:
"No, nothing happened to her...

"I was asked to coach the chess first in this game, but Lin Ruixin ran away and didn't dare to take over at all."

I will briefly tell you about the arrangement. I will write about the next two games. I will write about the round of 16 briefly, and it is expected to take one to one and a half chapters. The next game is the highlight, and I will describe it in detail.

By the way, because I was in a hurry to finish these two chapters, some of the text details are not well polished. I hope you can forgive me for that.

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